#BFA2C8#BFA2C8

#BFA2C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.062 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA2C8
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(286, 26%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 17.49, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 23.35, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0465 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.062 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8300, 41.0878, 60.2015)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA2C8 #ABC8A2

analogous

#ACA2C8 #BFA2C8 #C8A2BE

triadic

#BFA2C8 #C8BFA2 #A2C8BF

tetradic

#BFA2C8 #C8ACA2 #ABC8A2 #A2BEC8

square

#BFA2C8 #C8ACA2 #ABC8A2 #A2BEC8

split-complementary

#BFA2C8 #BEC8A2 #A2C8AC

monochromatic

#885997 #A57CB1 #BFA2C8 #D9C8DF #F2ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BFA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA2C8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA2C8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.062 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bdd8',
    500: '#bfa2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa2c8;
$custom-light: #d2bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.789,
    "s": 25.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.06242,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA2C8

secondary

#E0E8DE

accent

#A44159

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA2C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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